Securities Litigation

Representative Client Work

• Represented institutional investment manager in defense of class actions involving "excessive fee" allegations
• Defended a Canadian engineering company in a federal securities class action in Texas arising from the Bre-x gold scandal
• Represented independent trustees and third-party mutual fund service providers in various SEC and state securities enforcement actions and related private securities litigation
• Defended majority shareholders and partners, closely held corporations and partnership entities against derivative and breach of fiduciary duty, including freeze out claims
• Represented a national insurance and financial services company in numerous litigations, workouts and negotiated resolutions of securities, fiduciary and other claims arising out of three mezzanine funds 
• Represented major public and private employee pension funds in disputes related to the purchases of stock, bonds and convertible securities by public and private issuers
• Represented a consortium of Swiss private banks in the recovery of multi-million dollar investments in convertible bonds issued by a U.S. medical technology company
• Represented an institutional investor in civil and criminal proceedings to recover losses from a rogue employee's off-market trading of more than $9 billion in securities